A travel companion through design, art, and time
I came back from a two-week trip to Italy with one book still echoing in my head: How Design Makes Us Think: And Feel and Do Things by Sean Adams.
I took it with me as a source of inspiration through a diachronic trip across time, culture, and art. In short, it was the most amazing company for that kind of exploration.
If I describe it in a more detailed way, I would call this book a concentrate of everything we often mean when we talk about design, art, history, and culture, presented through the intricate lenses of the design discipline.
Why it stayed with me
The book moves through the visual languages of cultures, design schools, eras, and names that shaped some of the most important moments in design history. From Herb Lubalin's typographic genius to Paul Rand and Michael Bierut, it traces subtle ties between time, ideas, and communication.
Spiced up by Sean Adams' own design work, it becomes more than a history or theory book. It is a generous source of inspiration for anyone interested in design as a language of communication, and in the missions design can carry far beyond aesthetics.
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